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package org.jbfilter.hibernate;

import org.hibernate.criterion.Criterion;
import org.jbfilter.core.FilterComponent;
/**
 * Completes the {@link FilterComponent} contract for data tier filtering using the Hibernate ORM framework.
 * @author Marcus Adrian
 * @param <E> for type safety the filter component must be parameterized with the type of the beans to filter.
 */
public interface FilterComponentHibernate<E> extends FilterComponent<E> {
	/**
	 * Filter component behavior is translated into a Hibernate criterion.
	 * The criterion which specifies the filter component.
	 * @return
	 */
	Criterion getCriterion();
}
